Is 50 Gy sufficient to achieve long-term local control after incomplete resection of typical neurocytomas?

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 415-418

  Rades, Dirk ^a,b,d   Schild, Steven E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incomplete resection; Local control; Radiotherapy; Total dose; Typical neurocytoma

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYTOMA; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745781264     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-006-1522-z     Document Type: Article

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